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By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

The weekly email edition is available.  From the intro Leading off this week is the Illinois Supremes Court’s holding in People v. Laurence Lovejoy. Pretrial the prosecution furnished in discovery an expert?s report indicating that the substance in which a  footprint, identified as Lovejoy’s print, was discovered was not blood, at trial, however, the expert testified that in fact the substance was blood.  The trial court denied a defense request to strike the testimony, then refused to grant a one day continuance to bring in a defense expert, and even later denied a defense request to reopen proofs.  The Illinois Supreme Court orders a new trial in light of the discovery violation and because the Defense’s request for a continuance should have been granted...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on September 28, 2009 (boomark / email).